The Hudson School District - A Brief History
The history of schools in Hudson is provided by the Hudson Historical Society.
1948 |
A six-week summer school program is established at the former Hills Estate, including sewing, fields and forests |
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1950 |
Alvirne opens as a junior and senior high school for 400 students |
1951 |
Alvirne graduates its first class of 25 students; 764 students were enrolled in the district |
1957 |
Alvirne was accepted as an area “Vocational Agricultural School .“ A fine herd of milkers was put in place and a silo added to the barn |
1958-1960 |
An eight-room addition was added to the south end of Alvirne as well as a stand alone voc/ag building |
1963-1965 |
A 16-room addition was added to the north end of Alvirne due to town growth and tuition students from neighboring towns |
1970-1971 |
Year-round schooling begins at Alvirne |
1974 |
Alvirne High School destroyed by fire - Alvirne students went to Memorial School in dual sessions and Memorial students were bused to St. Francis School in Nashua |
1975 |
Alvirne High School reopens, one year and one day after the fire |
1976-1977 |
Hudson leased St. John’s School for a year and then purchased it, renaming it Library Street School |
1980 |
SAU office at Hudson Memorial |
1982 |
School Board increases from three to five members |
1988 |
Voters approve Nottingham West Elementary School |
1989 |
Nottingham West opens SAU office moves to Webster School Renovations at Hudson Memorial |
1993 |
Vocation center opens at Alvirne named in honor of Wilbur “Web” H. Palmer |
2000 |
Voters approve construction of Hills Garrison Elementary School and additions and renovations to Hudson Memorial |
2001 |
Hills Garrison opens with preschool and grades 1-5 |
2003 |
After 100 years, Hudson becomes its own SAU (school administrative unit, separating from Litchfield) |
2009 |
Public kindergarten begins |
2018 |
Voters approve improvements to the Wilbur H. Palmer CTE Center - $17M is provided by the state |
2020 |
Full-day kindergarten is approved and starts in the fall |
2020 |
Pandemic closes schools in March 2020 for the remainder of the school year |
2021 |
The Wilbur H. Palmer Center completes a $25 million renovation |